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Main Achievements |
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November 2005 |
Official launch night featuring a parade of legends. Event compered by Jonathan Pearce and Angus Scott Attended by over 600 supporters. |
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February 2006 |
Hosted Q&A with Club Chairman Steve Lansdown in the Dolman Exhibition Hall. Attended by over 1,000 supporters. Details |
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Took on responsibility for running, funding and moderating the fans’ Internet forum at www.otib.co.uk, which has over 4,000 registered users. Link: Details |
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Sponsored home match against Brentford |
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April 2006 |
Held Wine & Cheesley event in the company of Trust Honorary President Paul Cheesley. Attended by 80 supporters.
Link: Event report |
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May 2006 |
Club accepts the Trust’s Fans Representation proposals, which include a commitment to participate in an “Ask The Chairman” forum. (The Trust hosted the first such forum in Oct. 2006.) Link: News |
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Held AGM event to elect a full Trust board in accordance with the Trust’s Constitution. Ten nominations received for the ten different positions, and all standing were duly elected. Link: Details |
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Held first Poker Night. Event proved popular and was repeated in various locations throughout June, July and August. Link: Details |
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June 2006 |
Secured (non-voting) seat at BCFC board meetings, a vital breakthrough in terms of fans’ representation. (The Club also invites a representative of the Supporters Club to attend meetings.) |
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August 2006 |
Purchased 2,500 shares in Bristol City Holdings Limited for £5,000. Investment was used to facilitate improvements at the Club’s Abbots Leigh Training Ground. |
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6,500, 32-page, full colour newsletters distributed before 1st game of the season |
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September 2006 |
Conducted survey of all Trust members, canvassing opinion about the match-day experience among other issues.
Survey results |
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October 2006 |
Held Sportsman’s Dinner at Cadbury House, Congresbury. Norman Hunter, Gary Johnson and comedian Mark Watson were our guest speakers. Steve Lansdown joined the guests on the top table. Event is attended by 160 supporters. Report |
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November 2006 |
330 members recruited so far. Target at the start of the year was 440. 75% of the target has therefore been achieved with 25% of the year to go before the AGM. |
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December 2006 |
Held first “Ask the Chairman” away from home at Rotherham for exiles. 25 supporters attended. Report |
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January 2007 |
Hosted second Wine & Cheesely event in aid of Bristol City Women’s Football Club. 40 people attended. Details. |
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Organised “Red & White” night for derby game against Bristol Rovers. Introduced the now infamous Basso “Always believe” foam hands. Also, 'Jet balloons' used for first time at a football match in England.
Link: We've got to get rid of the gas |
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Challenged the football club over the distribution of tickets for Middlesbrough FA Cup tie and made recommendations for improvement. Trust statement. |
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February 2007 |
Hosted a dinner to commemorate the historic actions 25 years earlier of the Ashton Gate Eight. 275 supporters attended. Link: Report |
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Produced “82 – The Year Bristol City Nearly Died” 40 full-colour A4 page limited edition booklet to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Ashton Gate Eight.
Link: AG8 brought to book |
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March 2007 |
Instrumental in the re-opening of the East End against Brentford after bringing together campaigning activists and the Football Club. Link: The East End is open |
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Launched campaign to save the Wedlock’s pub. Campaign details. |
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May 2007 |
Football club approve Trust policy and procedures to run under 16 travel service to away games. Details here. |
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Collaborated with the Football Club and Supporters Club to host the Player of the Year Awards with first ever "Fan of the Year" award. Event details and fan award. |
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August 2007 |
5000, 36-page, full colour newsletters distributed before opening game of the season and during annual club open day
Get your copy here |
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October 2007 |
Hosted informal Q&A with the chairman
Link: Report |
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November 2007 |
Bristol City Holdings Ltd AGM
Called upon by Chairman to organise fans consultation process for proposed new stadium. We reported for the fans and welcomed the invitation. |
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January 2008 |
Organised “Ask the Chairman” at St George’s Tavern, Victoria before Crystal Palace match. 80 supporters attended
Link: Report |
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April 2008 |
Ran first “taster” surveys to assess fans opinions on new stadium, using fliers and inbound text messaging. Link: Report |
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May 2008 |
Collaborated with the Football Club and Supporters Club to host the Player of the Year Awards. Link: Report |
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Successfully lobbied for remaining Wembley play-off tickets to reach genuine City fans via direct sales. Link: Report |
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2,800 fans complete first major survey, with 94% saying they are in favour of the new stadium. Link: Report |
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July 2008 |
Shaped the new membership scheme launched by the club, encouraging it to become loyalty focussed. Link: Report |
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August 2008 |
4000, 24-page, full colour newsletters distributed before QPR game
Read it here |
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September 2008 |
Hosted a forum with Evening Post Sports Editor to tackle the issue of balanced and fair reporting. Link: Report |
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October 2008 |
Launched an appeal to “Raise a Statue to Atyeo” by 2011 in return for shares in Bristol City Holdings Ltd. Link: Report |
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February 2009 |
Organised “Ask the Chairman” at The Horse & Dray before the Norwich match. 25 supporters attended. Link: Report |
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April 2009 |
Launch of “City ‘til I Die” book of fans memories in conjunction with the National Literacy Trust, Legends Publishing, Supporters Direct and the Football Club
Link: Review |
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Findings and recommendations published from the 2nd new stadium survey completed by 1,829 fans. Link: Report |
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Collaborated with Manchester United Independent Supporters Trust to replay the 1909 FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace. www.1909replayed.org |
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July 2009 |
Published architect’s report for the new stadium, formally bringing to a close the consultation process |
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August 2009 |
Distributed 500 balloons during the Club’s annual Open Day promoting the Trust and the “Back Bristol” World Cup bid” |
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Launched www.supportcity.net, petitions, email campaigns and other initiatives to back planning applications for the new stadium |
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September 2009 |
Appealed to South Wales Police for the end of “Bubble Matches” when travelling to games at Cardiff and Swansea |
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Organised “Ask the Chairman” at the Brunswick Inn before the Derby game |
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Successfully launched a text service to vote for the Man of the Match at home games, raising money for the Atyeo statue |
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October 2009 |
Unveiled plaque commemorating the Ashton Gate 8 |
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November 2009 |
Two Trust Board members speak at Bristol City Council's planning committee in support of the proposed new stadium. |
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Launched website to support statue fund by selling online Christmas gifts |
| December 2009 |
Chaired a meeting to tackle the ongoing issue of “Bubble” matches between Bristol City and Swansea City. Attended by senior representatives from South Wales Police, Avon & Somerset Police, Swansea City FC, Bristol City FC and the Swans Trust. Travel restrictions relaxed for upcoming visit of Swansea City to Ashton Gate. |
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Launched offer to donors to the statue fund a unique opportunity to have their name indelibly recorded on the Atyeo statue plinth for eternity. |
| January 2010 |
Launched “OTIB Supporter”, a premium access to the online fans forum and “OTIB toolbar” to help fund the site. |
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Distributed 600 City ‘til I Die books to local schools in conjunction with Bristol City Community Team. |
| April 2010 |
Launched text service enabling fans to vote for City’s Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. |
| May 2010 |
Hosted first ever online chat session with Steve Lansdown for “OTIB Supporters” to ask questions. |
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Launched online World Cup 2010 prediction game to engage supporters and raise funds for the statue. |
